Passing Around Stupid Pills

Someone is passing around stupid pills at work today. Honestly, I have not seen this much condensed amount of stupidity in one place. Tim could clearly see that there were 15 trucks front to back that needed to pull forward, before the spreader machine ran right up our ass. Did he go to his truck, and move his truck forward? 

No! He stood there talking to other drivers, while the spreader machine is running up our ass. So, I got out of my truck, and I said to him, we are packed in like rats here, please pull your truck forward. And he said, packed in like rats huh? 

I said, yeah! Do you see how close these trucks are to each other? Do you see that the spreading machine is coming up on a large group of trucks that are packed in tight together, very fast? Do you see that? Will you please pull forward. Finally! It's sunk in! And he walked to his truck and pulled his truck forward. 

I don't understand what type of convincing is needed, to trigger the common sense needed, to see that these trucks do not need to be packed in so closely like this. Pull forward! Spread out! Stop the damn spreader machine from running up the next truck's ass! Bushel baskets full of stupidity! 😡

On another note, it is Friday, May 10th, 2024. And I am ready for this day to be over. I am ready to start the weekend. I have some great plans that involve mean earning money. And, I'm going to learn, take notes, plan, organize, and take action. Absofreakinlutely!

Stephen

In With The New

It's been two days now, since I started driving truck 120. It is a brand new dump truck. And, of course, it's going to have some problems that need to be fixed. Because, just like every other production factory, they don't always use high-end parts. So that they can still sell a decent dump truck, but keep the costs down. And so, on the second day of driving the truck, a brake line gets a hole in it, because it was rubbing up against the edge of a steel plate in the back of the truck. And so, now the truck is parked at the mechanics shop, and the mechanics will come in on Monday and fix the problem.

On a lighter note, on my first day of driving the truck, I was parking the truck and getting out of the truck, at the end of the day, and one of my coworkers, who is fairly new to the company, got all excited, and said wow! You have the new truck! I said yeah! He said, so you really are important here. Irreplaceable! As one might say.  I said yeah, you could say that. 🙂

And so, he shook my hand and congratulated me. And I explained to him that this is nothing new to me. Really, the last truck I drove was brand new when I started driving it too. Truck 112 was brand new, 2 years ago, when I started driving it. And so, you can say that I am getting a new truck every two years.  He smiled and looked upon me as one of the higher-ups of the company. But, really, I am just a dependable, reliable, and really good driver. And the company knows that.

Out with the old

In with the new

I come to work on time everyday, for years and years, and I do my job well and properly. I'm friendly and respectful, and intelligent and I make really good decisions. And Bob's your uncle. If you don't know what "Bob's your uncle" means. It is a common phrase used in the UK that means "and there you have it"  Just to be clear, I am not in the United Kingdom , nor have I ever been in the UK. But, I do enjoy using the phrase. 

Stephen

Truck 120

I seen it! Driving home from work on the interstate. Here comes truck 120. Driving down the opposite lane, heading for the shop. It is the truck I have been waiting for. Truck 120. I have been driving truck 112 for a couple of years, and it's time to trade up. And so, I need to clean out truck 112, and get it ready for the next driver. Get out all of my belongings, and put them in truck 120.

Brand new! Truck 120. And Dooley is assigning it to me. He said that it is an extended cab. That will be nice! They have a little bit more wiggle room inside the truck. Oh yeah! Anyway, I'm not really expecting truck 120 to be ready to drive tomorrow. Maybe in another day or two. For now, I will just continue driving truck 112 until truck 120 is ready. I have no problem with that whatsoever.

With all that said, today was pretty uneventful. With the exception of trying to find where Snake was loading trucks at GAF. As it turns out, he was all the way in the back, next to the warehouse. And after driving around for a few minutes, I did finally find him. Aside from that, as I said, it was a pretty uneventful day. I just hauled shingles all day long. With the AC kicking on high of course. Because this is summertime! And it is hot! Moy caliente! 

And now, it's good to be home. I kicked on the ac, and the apartment is cooling down, and soon I will be chillin'. But, it won't last long. Because I'm already drowsy from not getting much sleep last night. And soon, I will hear my pillow calling my name, louder and louder. And soon, I will lay down and drift off to sleep. Yeah! It's true! I have lots of other things to do. Blogs, websites, notes. But, if I can't think straight, because I'm too tired, then I won't get anything done anyway. When you get time, see if you can add HTML and CSS to notion.so. Wouldn't that be cool?

Stephen